empty in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for empty in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] ADJ

1. empty (lacking people):

empty room, building, theatre, beach, street

vuoto, deserto

empty desk

vuoto, libero

to stand empty house:

essere libero, vuoto

to stand empty office:

essere vacante

2. empty (lacking contents):

empty container, pocket, diary, page

vuoto

empty desktop

libero

empty stomach

vuoto

3. empty (unfulfilled):

empty promise, threat, dream

vano

empty argument, rhetoric, gesture

vuoto

empty of meaning

privo or vuoto di senso

4. empty (purposeless):

empty life, days, person

vuoto (of di)

II.empties N

empties npl Brit inf:

empties (bottles)

vuoti m

empties (glasses)

bicchieri m vuoti

III.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] VB trans

1. empty (clear):

empty building, theatre, container, mind

vuotare, svuotare

2. empty (pour):

empty liquid

versare

have you emptied the rubbish?

hai vuotato la pattumiera?

IV.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] VB intr

empty building, container, public place, vehicle:

vuotarsi, svuotarsi

empty river:

buttarsi

empty contents:

riversarsi

empty-handed [Brit ˌɛmptɪˈhandɪd, Am ˌɛm(p)tiˈhændəd] ADJ

empty-handed arrive, leave, return:

empty-handed

a mani vuote

empty nester [Brit, Am] N

empty nester

= genitore con figli cresciuti che vivono fuori casa

I.empty out VB [ˈɛm(p)ti -] (empty out)

empty out building, container, public place, vehicle:

vuotarsi, svuotarsi

empty out river:

buttarsi (into in)

empty out contents:

riversarsi (into in)

II.empty out VB [ˈɛm(p)ti -] (empty [sth] out, empty out [sth])

1. empty out (clear):

empty out building, theatre, container, mind

vuotare

2. empty out (pour):

empty out liquid

versare

he emptied the wastepaper out onto the floor

svuotò il cestino della carta in terra

empty-headed [Brit, Am ˌɛm(p)tiˈhɛdəd] ADJ

empty-headed

scervellato

Translations for empty in the Italian»English Dictionary

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semivuoto

half-empty

vaniloquio

empty talk

scervellato

empty-headed

vuoto mentale

empty mind

creare il vuoto mentale

to empty one's mind

tornare con le -e nel sacco

= to return empty-handed

empty in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for empty in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.empty <-ier, -iest> [ˈemp·ti] ADJ

1. empty (with nothing inside):

empty

vuoto, -a

empty truck, ship

senza carico

empty house

disabitato, -a

2. empty (insincere):

empty promise, threat

vuoto, -a

3. empty (useless):

empty

vano, -a

empty phrase

frase senza significato

II.empty <-ie-> [ˈemp·ti] VB trans

empty (pour)

versare

empty (deprive of contents)

svuotare

III.empty <-ie-> [ˈemp·ti] VB intr

empty

svuotarsi

empty river

sfociare

to empty into the Mississippi

sfociare nel Mississippi

IV.empty <-ies> [ˈemp·ti] N pl

empty

vuoti m (di bottiglie, bicchieri, ecc.)

empty-handed [ˌemp·tɪ·ˈhæn·dɪd] ADJ

empty-handed

a mani vuote

half-empty ADJ

half-empty glass:

half-empty

mezzo, -a vuoto, -a

empty nester N

empty nester

genitore i cui figli sono cresciuti e vivono fuori casa

empty out VB trans

empty out

svuotare

empty-headed ADJ

empty-headed

scriteriato, -a

empty-nest syndrome N

empty-nest syndrome

sindrome f del nido vuoto

Translations for empty in the Italian»English Dictionary

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vuoto (-a)

empty

a stomaco vuoto

on an empty stomach

a mani -e a fig

empty-handed

semivuoto (-a)

half empty

un bicchiere semivuoto

a half-empty glass

vacuo (-a)

empty

empty Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

half empty/full

mezzo vuoto/pieno

empty phrase

frase senza significato

to empty into the Mississippi

sfociare nel Mississippi

to remain empty-handed a -i asciutti

= essere aggressivo con qu, restare a -i asciutti fig

August 15 is a statutory holiday in Italy. This is the day on which Jesus' mother Mary was taken up into heaven and it is popularly known as Ferragosto (the height of August). Around the 15th, most Italians go on vacation, leaving the major Italian cities almost empty of people or populated almost exclusively by tourists.

ferragosto

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These ghostly corporate shells live adjacent to run down thrift stores, empty retail sites and outdated technology shops.

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It was closed and empty for the summer holidays.

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The hall was empty for twenty years from the late 1970s and was becoming dangerously unsafe, with incipient damp and rot.

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Thus, in principle, the motion of two oppositely charged particles in empty space would also be an ellipse.

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In many high-tech businesses, attrition of talented human resources often means an empty shell is left behind for the new owner.

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If a child's baby tooth is lost before the permanent tooth is ready to erupt, adjacent teeth will drift and tip into the empty space.

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Vandalism, graffiti, litter, drug-taking, burglaries and car crime were rife, and these problems had contributed to an increasing number of empty properties on the estate.

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If both players decide to shaft, both players walk away empty-handed.

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Gray's empty boiler suit and mask are on a stand on stage throughout the set which is emblazoned at times with his band number: two.

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She can't go up the stairs, so there's a commode to empty out.

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